{"name":"Rick Astley","title":"Rick Astley","id":2012,"slug":"rick-astley","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2012/?format=json","bio_short":"Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. Astley currently resides in Richmond, Surrey with his Danish girlfriend, Lene Bausager, and their daughter, Emilie.  In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/RickAstleypng640.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2255,"title":"Never gonna give you up","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/never-gonna-give-you-up/"},{"id":25117,"title":"Together forever","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/together-forever/"}]}